Hungarian Grand Prix: everything you need to know about the Hungaroring

This weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix marks the midway point of the campaign and there are doubts being raised to as whether anyone can stop Sebastian Vettel from lifting a fourth consecutive Formula One world title.

Vettel’s maiden triumph on home soil in Germany just over a fortnight ago, and his fourth overall for the year, means Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso is 34 points adrift, with Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen a further seven back.

The Hungaroring is now one of only two tracks on this year’s calendar - Austin the other, and that only debuted last season - where Vettel has not previously triumphed.

Ahead of the summer shutdown post this weekend, another Vettel win could prove demoralising for his rivals.

Catch me if you can: Sebastian vettel is out in front

Hot on his tail: Fernando Alonso is 34 points Vettel at the midway point

Venue: Hungaroring, Budapest

Circuit length: 4.381km/2.722 miles

Laps: 70

Race distance: 306.630km/190.531 miles

Lap record: 1min 19.071secs (Michael Schumacher, 2004)

2012 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 1min 20.953secs

2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

2012 fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1min 24.136secs

Number of corners: 14 (8 left/6 right)

Tyre compounds to be used: soft/medium

Bumpiness: medium/high

Overtaking chance: low

Engine severity: low

Brake wear severity: medium/high

Average lap speed: 196kph (121.79mph)

Full throttle per lap: 56%

Gear changes per lap: 48 (race = 3360)

No of safety cars deployed since 2002: 2

Last year's: Lewis Hamilton won the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton’s pole position last time out in Germany was the 29th of his F1 career, joining five-times champion Juan Manuel Fangio in joint sixth on the all-time standings.

Vettel’s success at the Nurburgring was his 30th in F1. Michael Schumacher (91), Alain Prost (51), Ayrton Senna (41), Alonso (32) and Nigel Mansell (31) are the only drivers ahead of him.

The race has been an ever-present on the calendar since 1986 and ranks third on the list of circuits to host the most consecutive F1 world championship races, beaten only by Monaco (59) and Monza (32).

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Jenson Button’s maiden win from 14th on grid in 2006 represents the biggest climb from starting position to victory. Mansell scored a win from 12th in 1989. The duo are the only drivers in the history of the race to win from beyond the first two rows of the grid.

Although a track on which it is notoriously difficult to pass, only 12 of the 27 previous races in Hungary have been won from pole.

Since 2005, the man starting at the front has won just twice - Hamilton, in 2007 and 2012.

Michael Schumacher leads the way in terms of wins with four, and pole positions with seven. Of the current drivers, Alonso, Hamilton, Button and Mark Webber have also won at the circuit.

McLaren are the most successful team with 11 wins followed by Williams with seven and Ferrari with five.

Five of those McLaren wins have come in the last eight years - Kimi Raikkonen in 2005, Hamilton in 2007, 2009 and 2012, and Button 2011.

Rare climb: Jenson Button's victory in 2006, as well as Nigel Mansell's win in 1989, are the only times a driver has won from beyond the first two rows of the grid